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HelpWriter needing a pseudonym...
I'm about to get something published but I don't want to use my real name. I need a first and last name (pseudonym) to use. I am fond of Linnea since it is close to my real first name but does anyone have suggestions for a last name that might flow well? I also like Maren (Scandinavian--"Mar-in"). Feminine, classic, simple.
I am open to anything. Please help.
I am open to anything. Please help.
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I love Maren.
I don't know what genre or nationality, so I'll just do a few random suggestions.
Maren Johansson
Maren McCulloch
Maren Olivari
Maren Hartley
Maren Severson
Maren Henderson
Maren Zebedee
I don't know what genre or nationality, so I'll just do a few random suggestions.
Maren Johansson
Maren McCulloch
Maren Olivari
Maren Hartley
Maren Severson
Maren Henderson
Maren Zebedee
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what genre?
Hi. A couple of thoughts:
first, what genre are you publishing in? This can definitely make a difference in pseudonym-choosing.
second, what about Linnea Maren? or, if that seems too 2-first-names-y to you, how about Linnea Marin or Linnea Maron? or even Linnea Marren looks a bit more surname-ish.
Twisting it around, Maren Linford, Linwood, Linton, Linnaeus, Lennart, Lorens or if you're super adventurous Maren Twinflower ;)
Hi. A couple of thoughts:
first, what genre are you publishing in? This can definitely make a difference in pseudonym-choosing.
second, what about Linnea Maren? or, if that seems too 2-first-names-y to you, how about Linnea Marin or Linnea Maron? or even Linnea Marren looks a bit more surname-ish.
Twisting it around, Maren Linford, Linwood, Linton, Linnaeus, Lennart, Lorens or if you're super adventurous Maren Twinflower ;)
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Linnea Halbrook
Marion Riskind
Maren K. Solberg
I think it's good to use a name that has some relation to your name or some significance to you, so that you'll recognize how the name refers to you secretly. Linnea is a good choice for that reason. You could narrow down surnames to, say, names that start with the same first two letters as your real name. A good place to browse surnames is http://www.surnamefinder.com/ .
However if you're not presenting yourself as a Swede, Linnea sounds like it could be a pseud. It's popular as a baby name now in a lot of places, but a person old enough to write a book would be less likely to bear it. What sort of name you use might depend on what kind of book it is, and if you want it to be pseud-y or sound like a real name.
I pronounce Maren "MAIR-en" rather than "MAR-in" and I have heard other English speakers do the same. For whatever that's worth - since most folks will read your name and not hear it spoken.
I'd be inclined to put a K sound in the name somewhere because I read that K sounds make brand names more memorable, and I seem to have believed that without question. haha. Anyway I think certain sounds do make names sound crisper and more striking.
Marion Riskind
Maren K. Solberg
I think it's good to use a name that has some relation to your name or some significance to you, so that you'll recognize how the name refers to you secretly. Linnea is a good choice for that reason. You could narrow down surnames to, say, names that start with the same first two letters as your real name. A good place to browse surnames is http://www.surnamefinder.com/ .
However if you're not presenting yourself as a Swede, Linnea sounds like it could be a pseud. It's popular as a baby name now in a lot of places, but a person old enough to write a book would be less likely to bear it. What sort of name you use might depend on what kind of book it is, and if you want it to be pseud-y or sound like a real name.
I pronounce Maren "MAIR-en" rather than "MAR-in" and I have heard other English speakers do the same. For whatever that's worth - since most folks will read your name and not hear it spoken.
I'd be inclined to put a K sound in the name somewhere because I read that K sounds make brand names more memorable, and I seem to have believed that without question. haha. Anyway I think certain sounds do make names sound crisper and more striking.
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Well, since I just recently found it in an 1888 publication about the descendants of my 9th gr grandfather, Greenleaf was the first to come to mind.
Linnea Greenleaf - if it isn't too botanical for you
Other ideas...
Linnea Sterling
Linnea Somerset
Linnea Balfour
Linnea Grosvenor
Linnea Wilder
Linnea Morley
Linnea Douglas
Linnea Campbell
Linnea Fitzwilliam
Linnea Darcy - ;)
Linnea Greenleaf - if it isn't too botanical for you
Other ideas...
Linnea Sterling
Linnea Somerset
Linnea Balfour
Linnea Grosvenor
Linnea Wilder
Linnea Morley
Linnea Douglas
Linnea Campbell
Linnea Fitzwilliam
Linnea Darcy - ;)
This message was edited 4/8/2015, 7:24 PM
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Congratulations! Using the index of a book near my desk, how about:
Ashcroft
Beale
Calderwood
Daley
Eaton or Everybodytalksabout (an actual Native American surname)
Fleming
Goldsmith
Hobbs
Irving
Jenkins
Kavanaugh
Lindfors or Lomax
Mallon
Newbridge
Oakes
Pym
Quigley
Reinhardt
Somerset or St. James
Talmadge
Ulland
Valenti
Wilkie
York or Yoxall -- I cheated and found this one in a database
Zumwalt
Ashcroft
Beale
Calderwood
Daley
Eaton or Everybodytalksabout (an actual Native American surname)
Fleming
Goldsmith
Hobbs
Irving
Jenkins
Kavanaugh
Lindfors or Lomax
Mallon
Newbridge
Oakes
Pym
Quigley
Reinhardt
Somerset or St. James
Talmadge
Ulland
Valenti
Wilkie
York or Yoxall -- I cheated and found this one in a database
Zumwalt
This message was edited 4/8/2015, 5:55 PM
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